Discovery of Hidden Cameras in a Boyfriend's Bedroom

[lawfacts]

A woman in Illinois who has been dating a man for the past six months discovered a camera in his bedroom, and it contained videos of her having sex with the man. She looked around the bedroom and found another camera, but without any videos stored on it. She reacted by deleting the video that she found, but is worried that more videos exist. What can she do?

[Mr. Knowitall]

It is possible to seek a civil restraining order against the person, asking that all videos be destroyed and barring him from copying or distributing the videos, but for that the woman would need help from a lawyer, and she will need to consider the cost of that assistance when deciding whether or not to take that approach.

Any dissemination of the videos can be reported as a crime under the Illinois "revenge porn" law, 720 ILCS 5/11-23.5.